Economics

Southeast Asia's Growth Could Be the Trade War's Next Casualty

Policy tightening, stronger dollar straining emerging markets
Trade tensions and domestic politics add to risks this year

Bloomberg’s Michelle Jamrisko looks at how the U.S.-China trade spat may affect Southeast Asian economies.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Michelle Jamrisko

July 15, 2018 at 9:00 PM UTC

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For Southeast Asia’s biggest economies, 2018 wasn’t supposed to be like this.

If a widening trade war wasn’t enough to contend with, a global wave of policy tightening, strong oil prices and domestic politics are also weighing on growth prospects for the region. Policy makers are rewriting economic strategies as volatility surges, in some cases putting greater emphasis on currency stability or even structural changes.